#AE5E38#AE5E38

#AE5E38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.116 H 45.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE5E38
RGB	rgb(174, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(19, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 29.24, 35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 46.14, 50.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.0823 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.116 45)
XYZ	xyz(22.1739, 17.2921, 5.9106)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE5E38 #3888AE

analogous

#AE384D #AE5E38 #AE9938

triadic

#AE5E38 #38AE5E #5E38AE

tetradic

#AE5E38 #4DAE38 #3888AE #9938AE

square

#AE5E38 #4DAE38 #3888AE #9938AE

split-complementary

#AE5E38 #38AE99 #384DAE

monochromatic

#512C1A #804529 #AE5E38 #CA7E59 #D9A288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#AE5E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#AE5E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE5E38

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE5E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE5E38	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae5e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.116 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8d70',
    500: '#ae5e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae5e38;
$custom-light: #cb8d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae5e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.322,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56806,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.1729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE5E38

secondary

#7FADC3

accent

#ADDB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE5E38

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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